Sherlock..........Who?

The Empty Hearse Part Three

SHERLOCK: Oh!

(Turning to the left, he runs towards the end of the platform.)

JOHN (chasing after him): What?

(Sherlock picks up Jenny and carefully jumps off the end of the platform onto the tracks.)

JOHN: Hang on. Sherlock?

SHERLOCK (turning back): What?

JENNY ( Sherlock set her on her feet):That's ... Isn't it live?

SHERLOCK (setting off along the tracks): Perfectly safe as long as we avoid touching the rails.

JOHN: 'Course, yeah(!) Avoid the rails. Great(!)

(He jumps down onto the tracks.)

SHERLOCK: This way.

JOHN: You sure?

SHERLOCK: Sure.

(They don't have to walk far before the missing carriage is revealed partway round a gentle bend.)

JOHN: Ah. Look at that.

(They continue on, then Sherlock looks up and sees the large open vent which he just saw in his mind. He shines his flashlight into it.)

SHERLOCK: John. Jenny.

JOHN: Hmm?

(They both stop and shine their torches upwards, realising that there are several small explosive devices attached to the sides of the vent.)

JOHN: Demolition charges.

(They continue towards the carriage, John ducking down and shining his light underneath and around it as they approach. He blows out a long breath as they get close and again he squats down to check the underside while Sherlock looks along the side. Sherlock opens the door to the driver's cab and they climb in and then go carefully through the opposite door into the carriage itself. Slowly they work their way along it, looking at every seat, every corner, shining their torches along the ceiling and the floor. At the second set of side doors, Sherlock slows down, paying particular attention to something. John progresses on to the very end.)

JOHN: It's empty. There's nothing.

(Unfortunately, he's wrong. Sherlock has already spotted a pair of intertwined black and red cables strung along the wall and down to one of the seat backs.)

SHERLOCK: Isn't there?

(John turns back and points his torch where Sherlock is gently lifting the cushion, bending low to shine his light underneath. Sherlock lifts his head and looks round at him.)

SHERLOCK: This is the bomb.

JOHN: What?

(Sherlock stands up and lifts the cushion all the way up. The cavity underneath is full of wired-up explosives.)

SHERLOCK: It's not carrying explosives. The whole compartment is the bomb.

(He and John work their way along the carriage, lifting other cushions at random. Each one has an identical explosive device under it.)

In his hotel room, Moran opens a briefcase and lifts the lid. Inside is what is clearly a detonator – it has a small screen, a number pad, a slot for a key, and a Let'sSendTheWorldToHell button which almost disappointingly is neither very big nor painted red. A couple of keys lie beside the device.

While John continues lifting seat cushions, Sherlock looks around the carriage and then takes a few steps along the aisle before realising that a floor panel is loose. As John looks down at the latest batch of explosives, Sherlock takes off his gloves and bends to the panel, forcing his fingers into the gap and lifting it. Underneath is what can only be described as the 'mother bomb' – a device massively larger than the ones under the cushions. While John takes several deep nervous breaths, Sherlock props the panel up against the wall of the train. They both look down at the massive device, then John looks up at Sherlock.